Levi hall



LEVIHALL, OF ADRIAN,- MICHIGAN.

sAnnLE-,FRAME Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,830,.dated October, 1848i. l

Tok all whom, t may cof/wem Be it known that I, LEVI HALL, of Adrian,

" in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and. Improved Method of Constructing Riding-Saddles and I do. herebyl declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tov the accompanyi-ng drawings, making a part ofv this specification.

Figures l and 2, are perspective views of a saddle constructed 4by improved method, and Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 represent the component parts thereof in detail.

Similar letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing saddles in such manner that I am enabled to dispense with the use of saddle trees of ordinary construction and also in forming the seat and skirts of the saddle of only two pieces of leather, united by a seam running lengthwise through the center of the seat.

The two pads B, B, shown by Figs. t and 6, form the basis of a saddle constructed by my improved method; these pads are stayed and kept in proper shape by the side boards E, E, passing longitudinally through the pads, and dividing them nearly in the cen ter, as shown in Fig. 6; the pads are stued on the under sides of the side boards with curled hair, or othery suitable material, and such a shape given to the under sides of the pads thereby, that they will perfectly adapt themselves to the back of a horse. The portion of the pads above the side boards, are given such a shape by stuffing, as to perfectly adapt them to the seat of the rider. An iron arch piece F, rests upon and is secured to the front ends of the pads and keeps them in a proper position; the stirrup loops g, project from the rear side of F, as shown in Fig. 4.

rIhe seat A, and the skirts C, C, forming the entire cover of the saddle, are composed of two pieces of leather. Fig. 8, represents the form of one of these pieces as cut from the hide. To the portion of each piece of leather that forms one half the seat, is given the proper shape by wetting it and stretching it upon one portion of the forming block, represented by Fig. 8; and allowing it to remain till it becomes dry and hard.

thus prepared, they are sewed together, and;v the portion of each that embraced the cantle portion J', of the forming block, is nailed When the two v'pieces ofleather have been?l to a cant-le D, corresponding in vshape there'' with, as represented by Fig. 5. The saddle cover and cantle thus combined, arev placed upon and secured toy the pads B, B, as-follows. y The cantle D, rests upon the project-L ing rear portions la, of the` pads, beyond'A the rear ends of the side bars, and is'sec'ured thereto by t-he boltsm, m,m, passingup v through the pads into the cantle; the cantle serving to keep the rear ends of the pads in a proper position. l

The front portion of the saddle seat A, is secured to the arch piece F, by the bolts or rivets z', z', passing up through the apertures in the legs of F, through the leather, and are headed down upon the same, as shown in Figs. l, and 2. The front extremity of the crown 0f the seat A, is stitched to the front ends of the pads B, as shown 'in Figs. 1 and 2. The girth straps are stitched to the under side of the skirts at p, as shown in'Figs. l and '2. The stirrup leathers pass out through apertures in the skirts, as also shown in the same figures. In this manner the .various parts of a saddle are'formed and "combined with each other by my improved method or process. A pommel of any shape that may be desired may be screwed intothe crown of. the arch piece F; horns for a ladys saddlemay be secured to the crown of the arch piece, by means of screws, nuts and apertures, in any suitable manner.` In constructing ladies sador the dles by my improved method, I shall Vmake v be more durable than those constructedin the usual manner; and it isV believed that they will be much easier to the horse yand rider in consequence of the flexibility. of the pads. By the old plan of constructing saddles, eight pieces of leather are required in forming the cover; viz, four skirts, tWo draWdoWns, throat piece, and seat; by my improved method I make use of but tWo pieces of leather in forming the saddle cover, Which causes a great saving Ain stock; the making the seat of the same thickness as the skirts also greatly increases its durability. The iron arch piece side boards and Wooden cantle made use of by me, cost less than the common saddle tree. The straining Web, straining cloth, seat cloth, and tacks, made use of in the usual manner of constructing saddles, are alldispensed with in my improved method. `The labor required in constructing saddles by my improved process, is much less than is required by the oldplan of constructing saddles.

Having thus fully described my improved method or process of constructing saddles,

what (I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The forming a saddle by the combination of the pads B, B, the metallic arch piece Y F, the cantleD, and covering A, C, substanin described. n

LEVI HALL.` Witnesses: n

R. W. WHITNEY, JOSHUA DAvIs. 

